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NMR Indie Playlist


In Brief: Magne Furuholmen (Norway) - 'living with ourselves' (album)
Revealed without much fanfare at all, A-ha keyboardist and artist Magne Facebook has released a thoughtful enjoyable album in 'Living...
Andy
Feb 51 min read


50 Recommended Nordic Albums 2024
As always, not a 'best of;' but just stuff I’ve loved listening to in 2024. It’s meant to be in a vague order, with the real favourites...
Andy
Jan 73 min read


Club 8 🇸🇪 - ‘Nervous at Heart’ (single from ‘A Year with Club 8’)
I was looking at Club 8 ’s release history a couple of weeks back as I was trying to find their Christmas singles to include in our...
Andy
Dec 17, 20241 min read


New Album: The School Book Depository 🇸🇪 - 'Analog Warmth'
A very welcome return for the Fredrik Solfors led project, which we've featured extensively since his debut album in 2017. Pretty much...
Andy
Nov 19, 20241 min read


Army of Moths 🇬🇧 - ‘The Chaos Emporium’ (Album )
Good day to you, are you looking for anything in particular? Army of Moths have appeared fairly frequently on these pages, but the 1st...
Andy
Oct 9, 20245 min read


Wide Arches 🇨🇦 - 'Pictures in the Sand' (from album ‘Farewell to the Lovely Things’)
To be honest I was quite overwhelmed looking at the range of releases around the world this week, and normally I'd have probably been...
Andy
Mar 2, 20242 min read


Recommend Albums Last Week (12/02/2024): My Life Story 🇬🇧, Flight Mode 🇳🇴, Antti Autio 🇫🇮, Birds are Better 🇳🇴
I'm a week behind. Anyway, no reviews, just the recommended albums from last week. It's a huge welcome back for My Life Story,...
Andy
Feb 19, 20241 min read


Ghost of Helags 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 - ‘Anthem (We Came from the Stars)’ (Remix single from album 'Reconstructed Works')
Just a quick mention for another band featured regularly on these pages, and it's appropriate given that it's a remix of the track that I...
Andy
Feb 17, 20241 min read


Recommended Albums this Week: (29/01/04): slowshift 🇳🇴 🇮🇸 🇸🇪, New Model Army 🇬🇧, Mikko Joensuu 🇫🇮, NAKE 🇩🇰, The Umbrellas 🇺🇸
As normal, no detailed reviews, just a guide to 5 recommended albums from across the world that are all new in the last week. Norwegian /...
Andy
Feb 1, 20241 min read


Recommended Albums This Week (22/01/24): Holy Ship 🇸🇪, MesaVerde 🇳🇴, The Fauns 🇬🇧, Chemtrails 🇬🇧, Suosikki 🇫🇮
This weeks recommended Nordic and non Nordic albums are: I've written about Holy Ship before, the project of Swedish musician Jonatan...
Andy
Jan 22, 20241 min read


Recommended Albums This Week (15/01/24): Marika Hackman 🇬🇧, Bill Ryder-Jones 🇬🇧, Limandi 🇸🇪, Star of Heaven 🇸🇪
A new weekly feature for 2024 that hopefully will last more than a week. No detailed reviews, just a guide to what we'll be listening to...
Andy
Jan 16, 20241 min read


Ocean of Lotion 🇳🇴 - 'LouiLouiLoui' (Album)
We've been back writing for a couple of months on and off, so it's probably a good opportunity to sit back and summarise some of the...
Andy
Dec 7, 20234 min read


Damen 🇸🇪 - ‘Everything Falls Apart’ (Album)
Harri wrote about Damen a couple of months ago when they released a great single called 'Dancing Dingo', and the Gothenburg 4 piece have...
Andy
Dec 7, 20231 min read


The Mukherjee Development 🇩🇰 - 'Should I Dance For You' (Album)
Any self respecting Nordic music expert should, of course, have already come across The Mukherjee Development, given they’ve been...
Andy
Sep 29, 20232 min read


Armadillo King 🇸🇪- ‘Forever with Me’ (Album)
We've followed songwriter Henning Ejnefjäll and his band Armadillo King around for a few years now, and he's been on quite a journey. We...
Andy
Sep 17, 20233 min read


Ghosts on TV (Finland) - 'Ghosts on TV' (Album)
I don't quite know where to start, but the new(ish) Ghosts on TV album seems the most appropriate place given it's the album I've...
Andy
Jun 7, 20233 min read


Real Ones 🇳🇴 ‘Love Your Mother’ (Album)
Just a short, write up today about a band that we haven't feature before in Nordic Music Review, but who hopefully will be getting a fair...
Andy
Feb 1, 20232 min read


Team Me 🇳🇴 - Something In The Making (Album)
We're finally wrapping up 2022 with a release we're months behind with, and if you actively listen to Nordic indie music then this next...
Harri
Jan 13, 20232 min read


Jesper Hasnaoui 🇳🇴 - Twenty Eight Year Slumber (Album)
Out of all the music reviews I’ve done for 2022 releases, this one took the longest to complete: and it’s not because the holidays have...
Harri
Jan 12, 20232 min read


Major Parkinson 🇳🇴 - ‘Valesa - Chapter 1: Velvet Prison’
As some of you know, I find it almost impossible to write about the bands I really love, proven I feel by the fact that this is the 17th...
Andy
Dec 30, 20224 min read
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